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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><font size="2" face="Arial">Dear
President Lenton,</font>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In your
recent message to the York community ("</span><a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank"
href="http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2018/04/17/two-days-of-mediation-produce-no-settlement/"
style="font-family: Arial;" moz-do-not-send="true">Two
days of mediation produce no settlement</a><span
style="font-family: Arial;">"), you claim that the CUPE
conversion program remains a "fundamental issue" in the
current labour dispute. You state that the University's
proposal of two conversion appointments (which falls
below CUPE's previous contract and the historical
average) enjoys the "public support of many full-time
faculty in the York University Faculty Association." You
add that "Academics support University's position on
conversions."</span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2"><br>
</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">It is
incumbent upon your office to provide evidence for such
statements about the opinions of our members. This
letter did not disclose that your claim of "public
support" refers to a petition you received from 152
members of YUFA who have organized a special group to
discuss issues such as conversion appointments and the
CUPE strike. Everyone is aware, including yourself, that
among the more than 1,500 members of YUFA there are
diverse views on the conversion program. The program has
nonetheless been approved in every
YUFA collective agreement voted upon by our members
in the last thirty years.</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2"><br>
</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">It is
disingenuous in this context that you failed to consult
with YUFA before claiming that academics support the
bargaining position of the York administration in this
strike. By misrepresenting the views of YUFA members,
your statement appears calculated to drive a wedge
between YUFA members and our colleagues in CUPE 3903
upon their return to work. We ask therefore that you
issue a correction, making it clear that you are in
receipt of the signed petition of approximately 10% of
our membership, but that you are not able to make a
reliable claim about the opinion of YUFA members on the
issue of the conversion program in the current
negotiations.</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2"><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Sincerely,</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Executive
Committee</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">York
University Faculty Association</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2"><br>
</font></span></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Read
this post </span><a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
href="https://www.yufa.ca/response-to-admins-misrepresentation-of-yufa/"
style="font-family: Arial;" moz-do-not-send="true">online</a><span
style="font-family: Arial;">.</span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2"><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">-- </font></span></div>
<div><b style="font-family: Arial;"><font color="#990000">York
University Faculty Association</font></b></div>
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archivists, and post-doctoral visitors at York
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